Follow Olympians in this 20 minute vinyasa yoga for swimmers focusing on core exercise. At the Race Club swim camps ( ) we find the benefits of yoga to strengthen and lengthen muscles, help improve recovery and nutrition giving an Athlete and advantage in competing at a top level and prevent injury from occurring. In this core exercise video we have incorporated traditional Vinyasa Yoga with some of our favorite core exercises that seamlessly blend into this intense and rewarding Yoga for Swimmers sequence.
Richard Hall and The Race Club created this Yoga for Swimmers Core Exercise sequence for you to follow along at home or practice with your team. So grab a couple yoga blocks, roll out your mat and get ready to sweat with elite athletes and Olympians; Rebecca Soni, Junya Koga, Lexie Kelly and Zach Hayden led by Amy Hall from The Race Club. No matter your level or ability, we believe yoga for swimmers can benefit your swimming and general well being. Just like in the pool, we advocate correct technique over forced, and sloppy form. Remember to breathe with each movement, use an ujjayi breath, allowing oxygen to lengthen and strengthen your muscles. If at any time the exercise is too strenuous, rest in child’s pose.
Special thanks to Liz Arch (www.lizarch.com) for her guidance in creating this sequence and to Hubert Baudoin (themooringsvillage.com) for allowing us to film at this beautiful location!
Producer/Director/Co Writer/Editor: Richard Hall
Narrated/Led by: Amy Hall
Cinematographer: Frazier Nivens
Jib Operator: Mikey Montoya (Jib and Co)
Filmed at the Moorings Village in Islamorada, FL
Swimmers of all ages and abilities come from all over the world to the Race Club swim camps to improve their swimming technique. Join us!
I have just finished doing the yoga for legs, shoulders and core and this one was defenitly the hardest of them.
+fkeopfkeop Awesome! We agree.
Can you guys do a video on under waters? I’m really struggling on figuring out the proper technique to get a powerful underwater kick that will get me to the 15 meter mark in a race off each wall.
Kick from the hips and core stay tight in streamline
Nice video, very informative and useful! 🙂
+Costas Plassaras Thanks!
you’re welcome nice job! 🙂
Loved this one
Thanks for posting!
Will add this to my dryland training, maybe replace some of it. I need to get the breathing part right first. Near the end when my belly became fatigued and I got dropped, I was breathing several times with each lengthening/contraction.
+321ssteeeeeve If you can do this without dropping a few reps – you’re a stud!
Beginner yoga question (have practiced poses for awhile, just for static stretching, not in a structured session like this)I’m used to breathing opposite on some of these exercises, maybe it’s how I learned to breathe for weight lifting? Example, at 15:36, boat pose, we exhaled down and inhaled up, and felt awkward. Is it related to thoracic space or lung volume? Thanks, I really am benefitting with these!
+321ssteeeeeve Thanks for watching. Yes, when you breathe out and draw your belly button towards your spine on the contraction exercise, your lower belly engages and strengthens your core. Expand your belly as you inhale and draw your belly in as you exhale for some great, healthy belly breathing.
my wrists started to hurt after two minutes into the video. what should i do to alleviate the pain during this workout routine? this routine looks fantastic and i’d like to follow through
+Catt Meow Unless there is an underlying problem in the wrist, such as arthritis, your wrists and forearms may simply need strengthening. Make sure you stretch the wrists well before beginning and try doing some low weight wrist curls to help strengthen them. Please do not continue the Yoga session if your wrists become too painful.
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